Dow slumps 800 points after bonds flash recession warning

Specialist Mario Picone works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 800 points after the bond market flashed a warning sign about a possible recession for the first time since 2007. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) The threat of a recession doesn’t seem so remote

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NHS prepares to charge EU citizens for treatment after a no-deal Brexit

Photo (AP) By Thomas Colson EU citizens in the UK will reportedly have to produce documentation to prove their right to access free healthcare under the NHS after a no-deal Brexit. The Department of Health indicated that hospital trusts should be prepared to charge some EU citizens who are currently eligible for free treatment “immediately

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Car bombs, gunfire hit government military base in southern Somalia: residents, officer

Photo/Somali Times A government military base in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire on Wednesday, residents and a military officer said, and the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack. The military officer said the bombs exploded outside the base, in mid-morning attack in Awdheegle,

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Somali government claims injuring Al Shabaab Spokesman

Mogadishu, The Spokesman of deadly Al Qaeda affiliated extremist group of Al Shabaab, Sheikh Ali Mohamud Raage.“Ali Dheere” has been reported of being injured in an operation that the Somalia National Army conducted Shaam settlement in Lower Shabelle. The SNA carried out the operation on the 11 of August, 2019, which was aimed at flushing

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Pakistan requests UNSC emergency meeting

Islamabad sends letter to UNSC president for council meeting on ‘illegal’ Indian moves against Kashmir Pakistan on Tuesday formally requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) against recent “illegal” moves by India to “change the status quo” in the northern region of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said

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Somali refugee leader hopes for brighter days ahead

Muhammad Ali Buwe, a refugee from Mogadishu in Somalia. Three years ago, Muhammad Ali Buwe fled the terror of war and death in Somalia, arriving on the shores of Malaysia in the hope of building a new life here. Muhammad, 24, is now married, a father and a community leader of the Somali refugees in

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State Department’s overly broad travel warnings undermine US mission

By Michael Rubin, opinion contributor The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill BERBERA, SOMALILAND To depart Mogadishu’s heavily-armed international airport Somalia’s “green zone” is an expensive prospect. Decades of lawlessness and instability in Mogadishu make insurance almost impossible. Few foreigners will pass outside the airport’s heavily fortified

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US delays tariffs on some Chinese goods, drops others

Photo/ (AP) The United States is delaying tariffs on Chinese-made cellphones, laptop computers and other items and removing other Chinese imports from its target list altogether in a move that triggered a rally on Wall Street. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Tuesday that it is still planning to go ahead with 10%

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Kenya: Agent who swindled Hajj pilgrims Shil 12m

Muslim pilgrims perform the final walk around the Kaaba (Tawaf al-Wadaa) at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Mecca on August 13, 2019. Some Kenyan Muslim pilgrims who were to travel to Hajj in Saudi Arabia have lost over Sh12 million to a Nairobi-based agent. PHOTO | FETHI BELAID | AFP Some

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Korean troops depart for Somali waters amid speculation over Hormuz Strait mission

The Kang Gam Chan / Yonhap South Korea dispatched a fresh batch of troops to the Gulf of Aden for anti-piracy efforts Tuesday, the Navy said, amid speculation the contingent could also undertake missions in the Strait of Hormuz as part of a U.S.-led coalition. The 30th batch of the Cheonghae Unit departed the southern

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